by Alissa | Apr 20, 2022 | Alissa McClure blog, Joy, motherhood, random thoughts, self-improvement, Updates
The first day I ran, I wasn’t intentionally starting a new fitness program. If I’m being totally honest, I started jogging across the crosswalk because the crossing guards had been holding up traffic for a while already and I felt guilty about keeping all those people...
by Alissa | Jan 23, 2021 | Alissa McClure blog, Joy, self-improvement, Updates
When I was in high school, I had this incredible opportunity to take voice lessons from a professor at Florida Southern College. It was quite a drive from my house, but the circumstances behind this little miracle opportunity were such that I never considered not...
by Alissa | Jan 19, 2021 | Alissa McClure blog, Joy
Every time I sat down to reflect on my Word for 2020, I was internally beating myself up. My head keeps telling my heart, “You failed.” And my heart breaks every time. But my head is only partially right. No, I did not shine in all the ways I hoped I would. And...
by Alissa | Jul 11, 2020 | Alissa McClure blog, giveaway, giveaway, Joy, random thoughts
I like my name. I’ve always liked my name. Alissa. It starts and ends with the same letter. It has two pretty squiggles in the middle. It doesn’t have any letters hanging down. Neat. Not too long, not too short. It starts tall and bold with an “A” and the height of...
by Alissa | Jul 10, 2020 | Alissa McClure blog, giveaway, giveaway, Joy, random thoughts, self-improvement
In case you missed it or forgot (I mean, there have been a few other things going on this year…), my One Little Word for 2020 is SHINE. Yes, SHINE. I was not comfortable with this word. It made me cringe and recoil at first. As I mentioned before when I first...
by Alissa | Jul 9, 2020 | Alissa McClure blog, giveaway, giveaway, Joy, motherhood
Last night I cut my daughter’s fingernails. All of them. And that’s a pretty big deal because a few months ago, doctors weren’t sure she’d have a fingernail growing back on her left hand’s middle finger. They were optimistic, but not...
